tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31160314286650187292024-03-19T06:06:35.594+01:00My Small StonesExercises in writing, drawing and photographyInger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-36693208216096064152018-12-15T02:13:00.002+01:002018-12-15T02:13:54.653+01:00Brokenhearted<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-88268658297135106292018-11-11T01:30:00.002+01:002019-01-30T23:04:53.783+01:00When I lost you<div style="text-align: right;">
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I lost our winters.</div>
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Long days of both work and leisure,</div>
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long evenings on the deck</div>
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and northwestern sunsets over the lake.</div>
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with diminishing light, shorter days,</div>
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our annual vacation trips.</div>
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autumn and winter.</div>
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and as the leaves were falling,</div>
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you drew your last breath and</div>
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friends and lovers in body and soul,</div>
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our life partnership as husband and wife.</div>
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I lost all our plans and dreams,</div>
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our wishes and challenges.</div>
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I lost who I was</div>
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and who I would have grown into</div>
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with you.</div>
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You were my days and nights,</div>
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my seasons and years,</div>
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my past, present and future.</div>
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When I lost you,</div>
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I also lost myself.</div>
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Mørketida med kvelder i sofakroken,</div>
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med fingre flettet i hverandre</div>
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og flørtende tær.</div>
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med den felles forventningen</div>
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om lysere tider og</div>
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gleden over å ha lagt den</div>
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Lange dager med både arbeid og fritid.</div>
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Lyse kvelder på terrassen</div>
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med en delt flaske vin,</div>
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og solnedganger over vannet i nordvest.</div>
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Jeg mistet høstene våre.</div>
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Lyset som minket, dagene som ble kortere.</div>
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de årlige ferieturene våre.</div>
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Jeg mistet deg i overgangen</div>
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mellom høst og vinter.</div>
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Ved inngangen til de mørke månedene,</div>
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og sammen med løvet som falt</div>
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pustet du ut for siste gang</div>
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og startet på din egen overgang.</div>
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Jeg mistet vår intime samhørighet</div>
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som venner og elskere i kropp og sjel,</div>
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vårt livspartnerskap som mann og hustru.</div>
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Jeg mistet alle våre planer og drømmer,</div>
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våre ønsker og utfordringer.</div>
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Jeg mistet den jeg var,</div>
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og den jeg ville ha utviklet meg til å bli</div>
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sammen med deg.</div>
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Du var mine dager og netter,</div>
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mine årstider og år,</div>
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min fortid, nåtid og framtid.</div>
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Da jeg mistet deg,</div>
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mistet jeg også meg selv.</div>
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-53142798505579060832017-10-10T22:14:00.000+02:002017-10-10T22:14:11.980+02:00Living?I look around my livingroom on a<br />
dark autumn evening when<br />
candles are lit and<br />
the room is warm and cosy, and<br />
I think,<br />
this is where I exist, but<br />
do I live here?<br />
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<br />Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-78687945535030746762017-09-20T01:46:00.000+02:002019-02-10T01:25:16.575+01:00Epic momentThere was this epic moment<br />
when I looked at your dead body<br />
laid out in your coffin<br />
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YOU, MY FIRSTBORN<br />
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I stroked your lifeless cheek<br />
I touched your hair and<br />
all I could think was that<br />
I can't protect you<br />
any more<br />
because now you are beyond the frame of<br />
this dimension and<br />
these rivers of time and<br />
I can't even get a sense of what<br />
that must be like<br />
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But you don't need my protection any more<br />
you were always master of your own destiny and<br />
now you are back in your home realm where<br />
your soul can soar free from<br />
all that limited you here<br />
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Now I feel like<br />
you<br />
are watching over<br />
me<br />
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Det var dette intense øyeblikket<br />
da jeg så på din døde kropp<br />
der du lå i kisten din<br />
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DU, MIN FØRSTEFØDTE<br />
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Jeg strøk deg over det livløse kinnet ditt<br />
berørte håret ditt og<br />
alt jeg kunne tenke var at<br />
nå kan jeg ikke beskytte deg mer<br />
for nå er du utenfor denne<br />
dimensjonens ramme<br />
og denne tidsregning<br />
og jeg kan ikke på noen måte fatte<br />
hvordan det er<br />
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Men du trenger ikke lenger min beskyttelse<br />
du var alltid herre over din egen skjebne<br />
og nå er du tilbake der du hører hjemme<br />
der din sjel kan fly fritt<br />
uten begrensninger<br />
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Nå føles det som<br />
du<br />
vokter over<br />
meg<br />
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<br />Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-88667762941914400972017-07-10T23:53:00.002+02:002017-07-11T00:07:12.746+02:00Menopause<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">There were all these </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">waves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">placing every problem </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">on my shoulders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like tied to a stone </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">I </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">fell through a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">got chewed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">swallowed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and spit out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My own tribe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my own village<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">could offer me no </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">consolation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had become <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">a stranger to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">myself<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">Det var disse bølgene som </span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">vasket over meg</span><br />
om og om igjen<br />
uventet på en<br />
ventet måte<br />
<br />
De var skjelvinger av ild som<br />
begynte i ryggmargen og<br />
fortsatte helt ut til huden<br />
slukte meg<br />
kropp og sjel<br />
<br />
Bølger som<br />
trakk meg gjennom en<br />
malstrøm av<br />
depression og tristhet<br />
som plasserte<br />
alle verdens problemer<br />
på mine skuldre<br />
<br />
Som bundet fast til en stein<br />
falt jeg ned gjennom<br />
et dypt hull<br />
ble tygget<br />
svelget<br />
og spyttet ut igjen<br />
<br />
Min egen stamme<br />
min egen landsby<br />
kunne ikke hjelpe meg<br />
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Jeg hadde blitt<br />
<span style="text-indent: 0cm;">en fremmed</span><br />
for meg selv<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Wordle from The Sunday Whirl. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The words to play with were:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">wave</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">tribe</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">edges</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">,
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">expect</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">quake</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">spit</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0cm;">,</span></div>
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stone, village, stranger, hole, own, swallow</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I knelt down to - nothing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">whispered</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to an </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">invisible being</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">that I had been told was there </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my fists clenched </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my throat pulsating in a precise rhythm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My first impulse had been </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">honor this being </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought was there </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">but </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">nothing emitted </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">from </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the space before me and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">now I just wanted to hit anything within </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">hitting distance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After an infinite amount of time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I got up and walked away to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">my true life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeg knelte ned for - ingenting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Med knyttede never og </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">hamrende puls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">hvisket jeg til en usynlig skapning </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">jeg hadde blitt fortalt var der.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Min første tanke hadde vært å </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">ære dette vesenet, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">men </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">det var bare et tomrom der</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">og alt jeg ville var å slå ut mot </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">alt som var i nærheten.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Uendelig lenge etterpå </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reiste jeg meg opp og</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">gikk derfra,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">på vei til mitt </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">virkelige liv.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Wordle 133 - the words to play with were:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">infinite</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">hit</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">invisible</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">emits</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">rhythm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">impulse</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span></b></span></div>
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distance, kneel, creation, whisperings, fists, precise</b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>
Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-76469568389036212302017-01-30T23:53:00.001+01:002017-02-07T23:24:41.214+01:00AlonenessThe kind of loneliness<br />
that comes after having been with friends,<br />
the kind that hits you in the gut and<br />
hurts so bad<br />
it doubles you up,<br />
so profound and<br />
so deep.<br />
So different from the other kind that<br />
seeps in during long days of<br />
being alone,<br />
the kind that leaves you limp,<br />
passive and<br />
heavy with resignation.<br />
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<br />Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-81812454430714737382017-01-04T10:13:00.003+01:002017-01-04T10:18:16.421+01:00The swanI saw you flying over the lake last night<br />
your elegant body held up by strong<br />
wing strokes,<br />
you and your mate and three juveniles<br />
still in their grey plumage,<br />
flying silently<br />
in formation<br />
landing,<br />
settling on the lake surface,<br />
ready for an evening snack.<br />
<br />
It seems to me like you have the<br />
freedom to go<br />
wherever you want<br />
maybe just driven by<br />
hunger and the need for<br />
protection and<br />
a habitat,<br />
but what do I know?<br />
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The blind masses spoke with one voice
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">thinking that the people had the
power<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">until the drums set the web
spinning <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the thread was unravelled<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">while everyone insisted </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">they knew
the truth</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">An old wordle; Wordle 229. </span><br />
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">The words to play with were:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">drum, mass, blind, voice, thread,
web,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">think</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">spin</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">people</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">power</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">,
</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">until</span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">insist</span></div>
Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-4383747578539208792016-12-11T14:57:00.000+01:002020-03-11T13:06:06.230+01:00The empty chairThere is always an empty chair<br />
in my house<br />
in my garden<br />
on my deck<br />
in my car<br />
everywhere<br />
every time I sit down<br />
anywhere<br />
there is always an empty chair<br />
near me<br />
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-41741177258054560292016-12-03T22:15:00.000+01:002016-12-03T22:15:52.673+01:00I'm ScaredI am scared.<br />
The memory of you and me in<br />
this house<br />
is starting to fade<br />
It's becoming like it was always<br />
just me here<br />
and that scares me.<br />
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Jeg er redd.</div>
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Minnet om deg og meg i dette huset er</div>
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<br />Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-90023677815347931692016-11-25T17:46:00.000+01:002016-11-26T21:02:52.036+01:00Remembering the mornings<div>
<span style="font-family: "neucha";">I wake up to this dead silent house and remember that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am me without you now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I pause for a moment there</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">in my new single bed and wonder<br />how can I be warm and comfortable without you next to me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I wonder if there is any point in getting up at all but I always do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">while thinking that one day I will spend the whole day in bed and<br />not feel guilty about it<br /><br />I start a fire in the wood burner<br />and remember how warm we kept the house those </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">last four years when you were sick and always felt so cold</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I go to the kitchen to make my coffee<br />and I remember how you used to make your omelet<br />and I used to make bacon and eggs<br />Now I just put coconut oil in my coffee and don't bother with food</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Jeg våkner opp i dette dødsstille huset og husker at</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Jeg ligger stille et øyeblikk i min nye enkelseng og</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">undres litt over hvordan det kan gå an at </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">jeg er varm og komfortabel uten deg ved siden av meg</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Jeg lurer på om det er noen vits i å stå opp, men jeg gjør det alltid</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">mens jeg tenker at en dag skal jeg bli i senga hele dagen, uten </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">dårlig samvittighet</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Jeg fyrer opp i ovnen og</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">minnes hvor varmt vi hadde det i huset de</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">siste fire årene da </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">du var mye syk og alltid frøs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeg går ut på kjøkkenet for å lage kaffe og </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">tenker på at du pleide lage omelett og </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">jeg stekte egg og bacon </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Nå tar jeg kokosolje i kaffien og gir blaffen i mat</span></div>
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-78477813108411397032016-11-24T21:41:00.001+01:002016-11-24T21:42:07.781+01:00Apologies<div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In my mind, I alternate between </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">apologizing for you and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">yelling at you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">for not being here any more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I am less than half of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and that without you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel an obligation to fill </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">both our roles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I keep apologizing for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">not being able to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">even fill my own role.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Og så driver jeg å ber om </span></div>
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-48556585606073415092016-11-23T21:14:00.000+01:002016-11-23T21:14:01.131+01:00Blessed<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Love has touched me in so many ways,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">as a lover, wife, mother and grandmother,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and as a daughter, sister and friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am no longer a daughter, lover or wife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These scars are deep and painful but<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">they are there because I have loved and been loved <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">deeply </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and I am blessed by those scars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeg har blitt berørt av kjærlighet på så mange måter,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">som elskerinne, hustru, mor og mormor,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">og som datter, søster og venn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeg er ikke lenger datter, elskerinne og hustru. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disse arrene er dype og smertefulle, men</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">det er fordi jeg har elsket og blitt elsket</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">dypt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">og jeg er velsignet av disse arrene.</span><br />
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-68654457718631599832016-11-22T23:10:00.000+01:002016-11-22T23:11:45.459+01:00Crawling back up<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Norsk tekst under bildet</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">When you thought you could not </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">go </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">any deeper,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">the floor broke under your feet,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">and you discovered that there was a </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">basement too.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">Dazed, you sat on the floor among </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">the dust and the rubble.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">There was no elevator</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">or staircase,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">only a heap of boards,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">a hammer,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">some nails, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">in order to get back up</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">you had to build your own ladder,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">step by step</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">until it was big enough to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">reach t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">he hole you had </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">allen through.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">The process was a long one </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">as you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">worked in the dark,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">felt your way around,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">hit your fingers as much as the nails.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">You bled, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">you screamed,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">you begged,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">but this was a lonely toil.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">In the end you thought you had a ladder</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">but you didn't know what it </span><span style="color: #1d2129;">looked like.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">You made</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> a foundation,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">tested it for strength,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">made sure it was in balance,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and only then could you</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">start to make your way up,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">step by step.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">Sometimes the steps were uneven.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">Maybe you could take two steps at a time,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">or some were too high to reach,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and you got stuck and had to </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">improvise.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">Some broke</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">and you fell back down and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">had to start all over.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But eventually, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">you pulled yourself through the hole and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">collapsed on the floor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Du trodde ikke du kunne havne </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">dypere ned, men </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">så </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">knakk gulvet under føttene dine</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">og du oppdaget at det fantes en </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">kjeller og.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Svimeslått satt du på golvet</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">i en haug av rusk og rask.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Det fantes ingen </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;">heis eller </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">trapp,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">bare en haug med planker,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">en hammer,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">noen spiker og</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">for å komme deg opp igjen </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">måtte du bygge din egen stige,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">trinn for trinn i mørket</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">til den nådde opp til hullet du hadde </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">falt gjennom.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Det var en lang prosess </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">der du </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">rbeidet i mørket,</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">du følte deg fram,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">og traff fingrene like ofte som spikrene.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Du blødde,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">du hylte,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">du tigde om hjelp,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">men dette var en ensom jobb.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Etter ei stund trodde du at du hadde en stige,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">men du visste ikke hvordan den så ut.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Du </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">lagde et fundament</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">så den sto stødig, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">du forsikret deg om at </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">den var sterk nok,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">og i balanse, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">og først da kunne du ta fatt på </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">veien oppover,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">trinn for trinn.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Trinnene var ujevne.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Noen ganger kunne du ta to i slengen.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Noen trinn var så langt fra hverandre at du </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">sto fast og måtte improvisere.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Og andre ganger knakk trinnet og </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">du falt ned igjen og </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">måtte begynne på nytt. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Til slutt, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">anpusten og utkjørt</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">halte du deg opp gjennom hullet og</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">falt sammen på golvet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I lost the person I felt safe with.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that smell of sleepy breath,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that sleepy eye look.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like by a rising tide</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">onsciousness </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">floods </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">i</span><span style="color: #1d2129;">nto </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129;">every creek and corner</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129;">of a dissolving </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129;">confused mind </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">thoughts branching out and </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">head spinning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">I trip over </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">real and </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">imaginary </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">obstacles </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">on </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">my way out of dreams</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">and I cast my vote for another day </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">giving it all the energy I can muster,</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">and spellbound,</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">I head out to </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">face </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">the rest of my life</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">one day </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">at a </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">first</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">call</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">smell</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">look</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">tide</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">dissolve</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">branch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">spin</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">trip</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">vote</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">give</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">spell</span></div>
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But at the end of them there was always<br />
a warm body<br />
in a big bed<br />
waiting for me.<br />
Now there's a cold single bed<br />
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<br />Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-26631222869768847182016-07-03T01:36:00.000+02:002016-07-03T01:36:27.514+02:00Weeping... and overcoming<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some days the heavens weep with me,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">so much that my roots are rotting</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and my trail becomes un</span></span>navigable.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surrounded by drizzle I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">look for that tunnel that will shelter me </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but then the sun comes out and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">swiftly the drizzle </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">turns to diamonds and they</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">become the medicine I need to</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">reach for the peak of my journey</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Noen ganger gråter himmelen med meg,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">så mye at røttene mine råtner</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">og stien min blir ufarbar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Omsluttet av regn leter jeg</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">etter tunnellen som kan skjerme meg,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">men så kommer solen fram og </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">blir medisinen jeg trenger for å </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">kunne strekke meg etter høydepunktet </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">på reisen min.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">Wordle. The words to play with were:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">drizzle, rot, roots, diamonds, trail, tunnel,<br />swift, heaven, peak, weeping, medicine.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The word "saint" was in there too, but it didn't fit in, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">neither literally nor figuratively.</span></span></div>
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-42522954270661553402016-03-11T23:19:00.000+01:002016-03-20T17:54:43.205+01:00Moments/Øyeblikk<div style="text-align: center;">
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Norsk tekst under bildet</div>
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These crystal clear days</div>
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pastel evenings and </div>
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velvet blue nights. </div>
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These collections of moments<br />
that are my life. </div>
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Each moment is all there is.<br />
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Disse krystallklare dagene<br />
pastellfargede kvelder og<br />
mørke fløyelsblå netter.<br />
Denne samlingen av øyeblikk<br />
som er mitt liv.<br />
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-41281106245121600732016-02-15T00:29:00.000+01:002016-02-15T19:53:01.081+01:00Survival<div style="text-align: right;">
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You used to be my support<br />
and shelter<br />
my base<br />
my anchor<br />
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Without you I am<br />
thrown out of the boat<br />
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I drift aimlessly<br />
tossed around by waves<br />
in this life's ocean<br />
sometimes pulled down<br />
forced to hold my breath until I<br />
can't stand it any longer<br />
until I swallow water<br />
and sink<br />
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Then I'm being pushed back<br />
up to the surface by<br />
unexpected currents<br />
and at the same time<br />
I gasp for air and<br />
rid myself of<br />
sickening sea water<br />
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Later<br />
in the evening light<br />
I float on a calm golden surface<br />
grateful that I have survived<br />
one<br />
more<br />
storm<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Uten deg er jeg </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">kastet ut av båten</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">jeg driver målløst</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">i dette livets hav</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">av og til blir jeg trukket ned</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">jeg ikke holder det ut lenger</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">og jeg svelger vann og </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Så blir jeg dyttet opp</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">til overflaten igjen av</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">uventede strømmer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">jeg gisper etter luft og</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">kvitter meg med </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">kvalmende sjøvann</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Senere</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">i kveldslyset</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">flyter jeg på en rolig gylden overflate</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">takknemlig for å ha overlevd</span></div>
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Inger-Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312912766394408963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116031428665018729.post-34035544738428590642016-01-30T23:18:00.000+01:002016-02-15T16:08:57.557+01:00Liberated Lines 5 Roar<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-11389455131717756" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 1040px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I live my life<br />I am fine but<br />one day I<br />start sobbing<br />and I<br />sink down<br />And lying on my stomach<br />on my kitchen floor<br />I am kicking and screaming<br />roaring<br />until I have no more<br />voice<br />no more<br />tears<br />no more<br />sobs<br />no more<br />conscious thoughts left in my head<br />hoping that you can somehow<br />hear me<br />see me<br /><br />I am in so much agony<br />because you are not here<br />any more</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let me sing my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">before I forget<br />what my voice sounds like<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">let me shine <o:p></o:p><br />and be released</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">as I resolve my issues<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">may I depend on myself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and be my own shelter<o:p></o:p><br />open to myself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">always dedicated to my new belief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">that I design my life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">let me review my life <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">but never turn back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did not crave this revolution</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">but I have won it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My bones hold my most sacred truths<br />that I am strong and resilient<br />vulnerable and guarded<br />creative<br />hard as nails and light as a feather<br /><br />I am a twig on a tree<br />with roots and branches<br />that go beyond my imagination<br /><br />I am a human being<br />I am stardust<br />I am love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a mother<br />grieving for her son<br />I am a wife<br />grieving for her husband<br />I am raw and<br />I ache for comfort<br /><br />I am a survivor<br />I am strength<br />I am overcoming<br />I am picking myself up and moving forward<br /><br />I am my own best friend and worst enemy,<br />and I am invisible.</span></div>
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